General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1920 Original Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: For first he quencheth it, and is surprised That he can find it nowhere in the dark. Ahriman (audible only to Strader): So too with souls: they find it good to talk As voicing the well-being of their mind, But underneath they fail in constancy. Such are for me quite unapproachable, And yet they will in future much achieve From which I’ll reap a harvest of good fruit. They are by no means what they think themselves. Bernard Straight: If knowledge is not gained through cautious search Then fantasy brings nought but airy forms To solve the riddle of the universe, Which only can be mastered by strict thought. Erminia Stay-at-Home: The cosmic substance must for ever change That all existence may unfold itself; And he who fain would keep all things the same Will lack the power to understand life’s aims. Gasper Hotspur: To live in fantasy, doth only mean To rob men’s souls of every power in life Through which they can grow strong to serve themselves And do true service to their fellow men. Mary Dauntless: The soul that would but burden its own self Should form itself through outside powers alone; True men will only seek development From out their hidden personalities. Ahriman (audible only to Strader): It is but human what these souls conceal. One cannot tell what they may yet achieve; For Lucifer may try his power on them, And make them think they are but working out Each his own powers of soul with steadfast aim; And so perchance he hath not lost them yet. Fox: He who would cosmic riddles rightly r…
